18 Reasons the Affordable Care Act Is the Greatest Achievement for the Middle Class

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Originally Posted by jms62

So you are critical of a health policy that will guarantee health insurance to your son who WILL develop issues later in life due to his smoking. So I guess it sucks until you need it. Trouble with this country is the complete lack of empathy. No one able to see past their current circumstances as of the current moment. We know how the math formulas worked with the CDO's . Maybe what we need is a little less math and a little more common sense. You smoke and it will cost somewhere down the road.

i'm critical of some of the changes made, yes. but i've said all along that they needed to fix things-my cynicism comes in on how well this system will work, and how it will be paid for when you have private companies still needing to turn a profit. seems making it non-profit would be infinitely helpul, which is why i want/advocate single payer. but i'm not sure how you're reading all of the above into what i've written. i thought i was making a point about someone buying his own insurance and that at his age, it's very much affordable. as for whether he WILL develop issues, he may or may not. nothing is a given in this world.